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One of Britain’s most iconic fashion designers, Paul Smith has long been associated with the Mini, with stripey ones featuring on his accessories, and a new Cooper model currently resides in his studio’s parking space. Last year he also designed a bespoke Land Rover Defender.

British classics and a string of second-hand Porsches feature on his long motoring CV, and David Bowie is invariably on the stereo.

Tell us about your first car…

It was a second-hand 1948 Morris Minor with a split windscreen. It cost around £20 in 1964, when I was 18. I’d often drive down from my home in Nottingham to London on a Friday night, sleep on the floor of a mate’s flat in Notting Hill and go to gigs all weekend....